Services

Fees, forms and turnaround times differ by centre. The incubation guide below is published in full; for the other five lines, write to the centre listed on the Centres page.

• Statutory services

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  STPI is the single window for units registered under the Software Technology Park and Electronics Hardware Technology Park schemes. Registration, bonding, SOFTEX certification and quarterly and annual returns are all filed through the STPI centre that covers your jurisdiction.

  • STP and EHTP unit registration and renewal
  • SOFTEX certification of software exports
  • Quarterly performance and annual performance returns
  • Import certification and re-export attestation

  Forms and fees for this line are issued by each centre. Write to the centre that covers your location.

• Internet and datacom

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  STPI runs its own high-speed data communication network for exporting units, with international bandwidth, point-to-point links and internet leased lines. Service-level agreements cover uptime and restoration time, and the network reaches locations that commercial carriers price out of range.

  • Internet leased lines from 2 Mbps to 10 Gbps
  • International private leased circuits
  • Domestic point-to-point connectivity between offices
  • Last-mile options over fibre, radio and satellite

  Forms and fees for this line are issued by each centre. Write to the centre that covers your location.

• Incubation

  Full guide published

  Over 18 lakh square feet of built-up incubation space across 73 centres, offered as plug-and-play seats, cabins and bare shell area. Startups supported under the Next Generation Incubation Scheme also receive funding, mentoring and market access alongside the workspace.

  • Plug-and-play seats billed monthly per seat
  • Private cabins and bare shell space on licence
  • NGIS support for software product startups
  • Access to Centre of Entrepreneurship labs and equipment

  Read the full incubation guide

• Project management and consultancy

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  STPI acts as an implementing and project management agency for central and state government digital programmes. Work covers requirement study, tender preparation, vendor evaluation, third-party inspection and post-implementation audit.

  • Detailed project reports and feasibility study
  • Tender documentation and bid process management
  • Third-party inspection and acceptance testing
  • Turnkey implementation of state IT infrastructure

  Forms and fees for this line are issued by each centre. Write to the centre that covers your location.

• Data centre services

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  Six STPI data centres at Noida, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Kolkata provide colocation, disaster recovery and managed hosting. Ananta Cloud is STPI's MeitY-empanelled cloud, with all data held within India.

  • Rack and half-rack colocation with redundant power
  • Ananta Cloud compute, storage and backup
  • Disaster recovery site in a separate seismic zone
  • Managed database, operating system and backup services

  Forms and fees for this line are issued by each centre. Write to the centre that covers your location.

• VAPT and security services

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  STPI is a CERT-In empanelled information security auditing organisation. It carries out vulnerability assessment and penetration testing of government websites and applications, and runs a managed security operations centre for continuous monitoring.

  • Web application and mobile application security audit
  • Network and infrastructure penetration testing
  • Safe-to-host certification before go-live
  • Managed security operations centre, monitored round the clock

  Forms and fees for this line are issued by each centre. Write to the centre that covers your location.